Regency Reel
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Regency Reel A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 11.1- 4 First and second couples dance right hands across in a wheel.
5- 8 First lady and second man retain hands to make an arch, whilst first man, second lady and third couple dance four hands round to the left in a circle round second man and dancing under the arch as they do so.
9-12 First and second couples dance left hands across in a wheel.
13-16 First man and second lady retain hands to make an arch, whilst first lady, second man and third couple dance four hands round to the right round second lady passing under the arch.
17-24 First couple join both hands and dance down the middle with eight slip steps, then dance up the middle with eight slip steps.
25-32 First and second couples change places with a poussette.
Repeat from second place. Recommended tune: The De'il Amang the Tailors
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 11, by John W Mitchell, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell. Instructions reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-ND 4.0).
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